Sham Frontiniac

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Time: Cook: 30 min Total: 30 min
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

three gallons of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
nine pounds of good loaf-sugar
nearly a peck of elder-flowers picked clear from the stalks ↝ Sesbania flower, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
the juice and peel of three good-sized lemons, cut very thin ↝ Lemon, raw [Citrus fruits]
three pounds of stoned raisins ↝ Raisins [Dried fruits]
two or three spoonfuls of yest

Instructions (4)

To three gallons of water put nine pounds of good loaf-sugar; boil it half an hour;
When milk-warm, add to it nearly a peck of elder-flowers picked clear from the stalks, the juice and peel of three good-sized lemons, cut very thin, three pounds of stoned raisins, and two or three spoonfuls of yest;
stir it often for four or five days.
When it has quite done working, bung it up, and it will be fit for bottling in five days.

Original Text

Sham Frontiniac.

To three gallons of water put nine pounds of good loaf-sugar; boil it half an hour; when milk-warm, add to it nearly a peck of elder-flowers picked clear from the stalks, the juice and peel of three good-sized lemons, cut very thin, three pounds of stoned raisins, and two or three spoonfuls of yest; stir it often for four or five days. When it has quite done working, bung it up, and it will be fit for bottling in five days.

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